Hello Ladies! Well the week is almost over.  Today I am babysitting Zoie.  Jess had to go into the office for a few days so I naturally volunteered to help her out!  I am planning on spending lots of time playing and getting kisses. For my card today I used the sketch challenge at Stamping 411  I saw several cards using this sketch and loved them so I decided to try my hand at it. …

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Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop

Good Morning Stampers! As you know I do a Morning Chat with a group of very nice ladies.  We were talking one day and they said they sometimes struggle with choosing colors for their cards – in fact they admitted it takes them longer to choose colors that it does to actually make the card.  I suggested we use the color coach and do a challenge each week.  We decided to post a card each…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Emboss Resist

Good Morning Stampers! Are you ready for a fun challenge?  This is one of my favorite techniques.  I love the look of the background when you are finished.  It is easy to do so give it a try and join us. Our challenge this week is Emboss Resist  I used some pretty soft colors for my ink.  I love these colors together.  I also used a Technique Junkie technique for the flower image.  It is…

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Late Night Stampers – using up ds paper

Happy Monday! Our challenge this week at Late Night Stampers    was to use some of our retiring designer series paper on your card.  I have lots of paper that will retire on June 1 so this was a fun challenge since I did not have to worry about hoarding my favorite paper – yes I hoard my favorite until I know I have no chance to run out.  🙂 I used a sketch challenge…

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Saying Goodbye and Hello

 Happy Mother’s Day! Well I had my post almost completed and hit a button and “poof” it was gone.  I hate when that happens!  Oh well enough venting on with the card. I hope you have some fun plans for today.  I will spending time in my craft room working on cards for upcoming events.  It will be a quiet fun day! My card today uses the sketch challenge at Try Stampin’ On Tuesday         I…

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Morning Chat Challenge – Mother’s Day

Good Morning Everyone! I had so much fun playing yesterday.  I started working on my convention swaps.  I also made 2 cards and I have 2 cards for my June workshop already done!  I was on a roll. My card today is for Donna’s Morning Chat Challenge.  This time she challenged us to do a Mother’s Day card.  I wasn’t sure what I was going to do but got my inspiration from a card I…

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